Before kids, hotdogs were rare 'oh they're on sale' treats, after kids, strangely they have become the fifth food group, and needless to say they can get a little boring. So I went searching on the boundless 'interweb' and came across a few recipes that looked interesting, namely a hotdog wrapped in either a bagel or pretzel dough and baked until delicious. I tried the pretzel variant tonight and was very happy with the result, the same technique could easily be modified to make it a 'bagel dog.' I ended up with 24 of the buggers from a 1.5 pound bread dough recipe (4.5 cups flour), so I will have plenty to freeze!
You will need:
Bread dough (use your favorite recipe/technique or frozen should work fine too), I'd stick to plain white bread but if you want to experiment with something else, that's what puts the fun in cooking!
Hot dogs (number depends on size and amount of dough you have)
8-10 cups water in a large pot
1/4 cup white sugar or 2/3 cup baking soda (sugar for bagels or soda for pretzels)
What to do:
Add sugar or soda to water and bring to boil. Divide dough into quarters and roll each quarter into a rough rectangle, as flat as you can get it. Then cut 1-2 inch strips with a pizza cutter the full length of the dough. Wrap each hotdog in a strip of dough, slightly overlapping edges and leaving both ends of the hot dog peeking out, seal the loose edge of the dough. Place 2-3 wrapped hotdogs in the boiling water and remove with slotted spoon once they float and the dough looks pasty and slightly poofy (about 1-2 minutes). Drain hotdogs slightly on a towel, place on a baking sheet in oven (375-425 degrees), and bake until golden brown and the hotdog sizzles. Should freeze well. Leftover dough can be used to make bagel or pretzel bites.
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